Speech Language Pathologist, (SLP) - Visits

BAYADA Home Health Care; Hillsborough (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Speech Language Pathologist, where you'll provide essential rehabilitative care to clients in their homes. This role involves making home visits, conducting thorough evaluations, and developing personalized treatment plans to assist clients with speech, language, and swallowing difficulties. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure clients receive the best care possible, all while enjoying the flexibility of a per diem position. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of others and thrive in a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina is required.
• Solid computer skills and experience with EMR preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct home visits and perform evaluations for clients with speech and language difficulties.
• Develop and revise treatment plans based on evaluations and physician's orders.

Skills

Speech Therapy

Patient Evaluation

Communication Skills

Rehabilitative Care

Education

Current License as a Speech Language Pathologist

Certificate of Clinical Competence

Relevant Educational Requirements

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Touch Pad Tablet

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, for a per diem opportunity performing home health visits for our office located in Roxboro, North Carolina. This office services adult and geriatric patients in homes throughout Caswell, Person, and Orange counties.

Prior home care experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, SLP is a plus, but not required.

As a home care Speech Language Pathologist, SLP, you will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides rehabilitative care and skilled nursing to clients, affording them the opportunity to receive the medical care required to remain at home.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Responsibilities:

1. Make home visits to clients in designated geographic territories.
2. Perform thorough evaluations to assess, diagnose, and provide therapeutic interventions for clients who are experiencing speech, language, communication, or swallowing difficulties.
3. Develop a treatment plan based on the evaluation, physician’s orders, and recommended goals.
4. Continually assess and revise the speech therapy care plan, and participate with BAYADA clinicians in the multidisciplinary care plan, as appropriate.
5. Educate and instruct patients, family members, or other patient representatives, in rehabilitative care and activities necessary to promote the client's health, safety, and independent living.
6. Accurately document observations, interventions, and evaluations pertaining to patient care management and services provided, utilizing a state-of-the-art touch pad tablet.

Speech Language Pathologist, SLP Qualifications:

1. A current license as a Speech Language Pathologist in North Carolina.
2. Possess a certificate of clinical competence in speech from the American Speech and Hearing Association, or;
3. Have the equivalent educational requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and work experience necessary for such a certificate, and be awaiting the opportunity to take the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association examination for certification, or;
4. Have completed the necessary work and education requirements, as indicated by school transcript or diploma, and be in the process of accumulating the necessary supervised work experience required for certification.
5. Solid computer skills; prior experience with electronic medical records (EMR) preferred.